By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: Full 16 years after the police bullets pierced into the bodies of innocent Muslims killing six while they were offering prayer in Hari Masjid in Mumbai, the CBI has started probe into the unprovoked firing.
The central investigative agency yesterday called up Farooq Mapkar, who was injured in the firing and later filed case against the guilty police officer, at its Mumbai office.
The CBI called Farooq Mapkar in its office at Marine Drive, Mumbai along with the required documents of the case and after studying them it asked him to come again with some more documents, says Urdu daily Inquilab.
If the proceedings went in the right direction an FIR could be filed against the police officer Nikhil Kapse within 15 days.
It was on January 10, 1993 during Bombay riots when a police contingent led by then Sub Inspector Kapse opened fire at the Muslims offering prayer in Hari Masjid at Wadala under RAK Marg Police Station. Six persons died in the police firing.
Farooq Mapkar, who is among those who were injured by police bullet, had told Justice Sri Krishna Commission, formed for the investigation into the riots, that Nikhil Kapse had fired on the Namazees without reason. The Commission had held him “guilty of unjustified firing” and “inhuman and brutal behavior.”
But the government did not believe the commission observation and formed Special Task Force which later gave clean chit to the police. After many years of battle when Farooq Mapkar did not get justice, he filed a petition in the Bombay High Court.
The High Court on December15, 2008 came down heavily on the state government and the CBI in the case and asked why the central investigating agency was not taking up the case. After initial hesitation CBI agreed to probe the firing.